Cursive writing classes made mandatory for New Jersey students grades 3-5

New Jersey public school students in the third, fourth and fifth grades will be taught cursive writing. That proposal was ...

Cursive handwriting is back from the dead. N.J. schools now must teach it in grades 3-5.

Public schools must teach students how to write cursive legibly and become fluent in reading it, under a bill signed by Gov.
Fox News

Cursive writing in American schools: Here's where this 'dying art' is still taught and why it matters

Cursive writing may have been replaced by emails, texting, DM's and emojis, but not all educators are nixing handwriting lessons inside classrooms — and there are crucial reasons why. The flowing ...
WTSP

Cursive writing becoming a lost art in Florida schools

"By the time kids get to my fifth-grade class, some of them don't know how to do their signature in cursive," said Quattrucci, a 29-year teaching veteran. "They know how to print their name in block ...
Capital Gazette

Cursive writing loops back into style in Baltimore County Public Schools pilot

What do the U.S. Constitution, birthday cards and your signature have in common? They’re (likely) all in cursive. However, becoming fluent in this form of penmanship, once the hallmark of a good ...
WYFF

Cursive writing in SC schools: Here's what some lawmakers are proposing

GRAHAM. INDEED. WELL, TEACHERS MAY SOON BE TEACHING CURSIVE WRITING FOR FOUR YEARS IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WEEK, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EDUCATION COMMITTEE APPROVED A BIPARTISAN BILL THAT CHANGES ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Cursive writing making comeback to Georgia classrooms

Georgia's updated English Language Arts standards will require cursive writing instruction for students in grades 3 through 5. Third graders will begin learning how to read and write in cursive ...
Wane

Is cursive writing dead? Not for this 10-year-old

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – One of the nation’s best cursive writers isn’t someone who has been writing for decades. In fact, he hasn’t even been writing for a decade. Levi McCamish from Henderson, ...
Morning Call PA

Paul Muschick: Should cursive handwriting be taught in public schools?

Love letters and missives home from the war front wouldn’t be as touching if they were printed instead of written in cursive. Our Declaration of Independence and Constitution wouldn’t seem as ...
ABC7

Cursive handwriting instruction in elementary school is now required by law in California

As elementary school students across California return from winter break, a new lesson plan will soon be on the way. Learning cursive is now required by state law. The new law took effect at the ...
The Vindicator

Handwriting matters, but does cursive?

Research shows that legible cursive writing averages no faster than printed handwriting of equal or greater legibility. The highest speed and highest legibility in handwriting are attained by those ...